[Warnings for murder, violence, and suicide.]

She doesn't think twice about the nightmares that haunt her at night. Rarely a night passes where her dreams are even the slightest bit decent. They're almost always bad. Almost always, her dreams are comprised of a horrible mix of memories and what-ifs of everything that she's ever lived through. Tonight is no different. Why should it be?

( Tonight, she's back in the arena. )